200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training

​We are proud to announce this collaborative training opportunity designed to bridge the gap with our yoga communities! Treetop Yoga and Yoga Vie in Vandenberg Village are teaming up to bring you 200 hour yoga teacher training. The training will be held at both studios over the course of 9 months.

Ready for a change in your life? Let your yoga practice blossom from the roots you've already planted. Take your love of yoga to the next level, inspire others, build your confidence, and find your voice with the Yoga Vie/Treetop Yoga 200 hour teacher training program. This course is designed to immerse students in the intensive and spiritual teachings and practices of Hatha yoga – focusing on breathing, awareness, meditation and practical yoga philosophy to help you live a less stressful and content daily life.

As a Yoga Vie graduate you will head into the world confident and ready to lead grounded, safe, and inspired yoga classes. Learn how to offer modifications, posture options, clarification of contraindications, and how to create a complete series of classes with progressive levels of difficulty. Gain a deeper personal relationship and understanding of yoga philosophy. We will help you master the basics, while giving you space and encouragement to find your own teaching style. This course will mark a major event along your journey to finding more depth in your practice and in life. Upon Graduation, you will be ready to sequence and teach your first all levels class and begin your teaching career.

Even if you are not interested in teaching yoga, the course will help you lead a healthier and more spiritual life in accordance with your true nature. This experience provides a great way to find long lasting happiness, peace and the ability to share the yogic lifestyle with others.

Yoga Vie is a Registered Yoga School (RYS); completion of this training meets eligibility requirements to register with Yoga Alliance as a 200 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT). Students are required to complete a minimum of 180 contact (in class) hours and 20 non-contact hours. This training is a great way for current teachers to continue learning their craft or students to enjoy time away, immersed in the study of yoga. If the entire program is too much, sign up for one weekend of training on a topic that interests you. ​Registration opens August 15, 2016.

Prerequisite: At least 12 months of yoga experience and a genuine willingness to learn and grow.

Times

​Fridays: 4-9pmSaturdays: 11:30am-6:30pmSundays: 8am - 4pm

Learn from Experts in the Field of Anatomy

For the anatomy component of your training, we're partnering with world-renowned Yoga Educators & best-selling authors of Yoga Anatomy, Leslie Kaminoff & Amy Matthews. Using what they've learned in their combined 50-years of experience training yoga teachers, they've created a unique online + in-person course that's exclusively available through Teacher Training programs: YogaAnatomy.net Fundamentals. This is not your average anatomy training. Don't expect hours of "which bone is which" that make you feel like you're back in high school science classes...Leslie & Amy spend time on the things that matter most to a yoga teacher and skip the memorization. They'll help you establish a broad base of knowledge by sharing examples, analogies, stories, and guiding you through physical experiments that make the material helpful and applicable to teaching yoga to students.

​Leslie & Amy will also share their own favorite teaching strategies like...

How to make poses accessible for any student

What to do when students have an injury and still want to practice

Simple cues that help every student find success on the mat

How does it work?You'll login at home via your computer for assigned guided lesson content, reflection, personal exploration, and teaching preparation. You'll have time to soak up the material and try it out it in your own asana practice. This means that each time we come together as a group, you'll already have a strong foundation in that unit's content and we'll be able to dive even deeper into the material, rather than spend valuable group time on basic concepts and memorization. Our group time will be spent in hands-on application. We'll break into discussion groups, share movement exercises, and observe exactly how this information interweaves with our tradition. By the time we're finished, you'll have a broad understanding of the anatomical concepts that are most important to a yoga teacher so you can begin teaching with confidence.

This is the most comprehensive and useful anatomy training available​to teacher training programs today; ​available only through studios like ours.

Tuition

​Special pricing will be given for those who attend an info session - dates coming soon!

A $500 non-refundable cash deposit is required to reserve space. Students must register, in person, at Yoga Vie or Treetop Yoga. Tuition is due, in full, by the deadlines stated above. Payments may be made up until the due dates. If tuition is paid after the start of training a $300 late fee will be assessed.

Teacher Training Staff

​Virginia Traylor, RYT 500 - Lead Instructor​Virginia's yoga teaching style is heavily rooted in alignment-based asana and she encourages the use of props when necessary. Providing her students with a safe space to slow down and breathe deeply. Her approach is to teach individual bodies as they are in the moment, in their perfect nature; rather than the collective, forcing each student to look the same. She sees each body as something unique and strives to provide a positive experience, where each student is able to realize their highest self. She has studied with Annie Carpenter, Leslie Kaminoff, Tiffany Russo, Trudy Goodman, Dr. John Casey, Mary Kay West, and Desi Barlett.

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​Nicole Donati, RYT 200

As a yoga studio owner for nearly 5 years, managing a schedule with multiple teachers, Nicole has seen first-hand what qualities help a teacher find success. She has created a supportive environment for instructors to blossom into their teaching, growing in leaps and bounds. Nicole is excited to incorporate this knowledge and understanding into a yoga teacher training that will empower teacher trainees to overcome their fears, cultivate strengths, lead with confidence, and connect with the community.​Nicole’s classes create opportunity for mindfulness, self-awareness and transformation, while helping students safely build strength, release tension and get more comfortable in their bodies. She has studied with Ganga White, Tracy Rich, Mary Kay West, Martia Bennett’s YogaTouch, and Siddhi Ellinghoven.

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Luana Knowlton, ERYT 500

Luana literally stumbled into yoga in 2008, when she stepped on an acorn and banged up her ankle, knee, and shoulder. An inner voice whispered “yoga” and as soon as her injuries healed, she began to practice. Within the first six months she lost 60 pounds and found a new lease on life. As the body opened and strengthened through asana practice, she uncovered a deep yearning for connection with the One. She began to study Sanskrit in 2009, which led her into yoga philosophy and a regular meditation practice.

She has logged over 2500 hours of yoga teaching experience, and also teaches Sanskrit with the American Sanskrit Institute. She continues to study the great works of yoga -- the Yoga Sutras, the Bhagavad Gita, and the Upanishads, as well as the subtler aspects of pranayama. In 2016 she took initiation into the lineage of Sri Swami Satchidananda.

Luana’s upbeat personality, calming presence, and kindness will encourage you to work deeply with awareness to find comfort and steadiness in your practice so that you may discover Peace -- your very essence.